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When's the best time to get pregnant? Use our interactive ovulation calculator to work out when you're most fertile and most likely to conceive.

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How long did it take to conceive DC2?

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argylesocks · 28/04/2013 16:54

I know obvs everyone is different but I just don't know what to expect this time around. DS was a 'surprise' so I've never TTC before.

We're now trying for #2 and I really thought it would happen right away. It's only been 5 months but I'm just curious how long is common to TTC before success.

I shouldn't get impatient just yet but I just want it to happen already!

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amazingmumof6 · 28/04/2013 19:27

apparently within 6-12 months is average.

DS1 - pg with 6 months of getting married (wasn't using contraception, not TTC either)

DS4 - I decide it's time TTC and got pg that month

DS2, DS3 and DS5 were conceived with one go

DD - same as DS4, took only 3 nights in a row SWI

Geckoandthemonkey · 28/04/2013 19:29

Dc1 - 6 months

Dc2 - didn't ttc, so a nice surprise

2.5 year age gap.

CorrieDale · 28/04/2013 19:32

Took over a year to conceive DS (history of m/cs). With DD we decided to give it a try and if I m/c-ed again we'd just be grateful that we had DS and give up. Got pregnant first time and despite a scare, pregnancy was fine.

lollypopsicle · 28/04/2013 20:09

DC1 3 cycles
DC2 7 cycles with a chemical pg on cycle 4

bonzo77 · 28/04/2013 20:18

DC1 1 cycle.
DC2 15 months including a mc at 12 weeks.

MrsHerculePoirot · 28/04/2013 20:19

Still trying - been 2.5 years...

ItsYoniYappy · 28/04/2013 20:23

DS1 - 5 year then 1 laparoscopy and 1 cycle and voila!

DC2 - 2 cycles -

DS2 - 6 cycles after miscarriage of DC2

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argylesocks · 28/04/2013 20:48

Great, thank you for the replies. I guess we should have started trying sooner, I didn't know 6-12 months was average!

Maybe next month will be the one :)

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amazingmumof6 · 28/04/2013 21:07

argylesocks - best chance of getting pg is from 3 days before till 3 days after ovulation, roughly.

you probably know this already, but learn to identify & look out for EWCM, when it appears that is really the best time TTC.

since DD I had 3 AFs, and can tell each time when I ovulate by the dull pain on the side that an egg is released. (cue DH avoiding me like the plague, while I'm broody as hell)
The EWCM appears within 24-48 hrs, followed by period like pains.
[so now I have period pains twice a month, excellent (!)]

I hope this helps - anyone the same btw?

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argylesocks · 28/04/2013 22:14

thanks. I just started using the ovulation predictor kit last month, we tried like hell :) the day before, and the two days after I got the ovulation 'smiley' face but nothing.

I definitely get that pain on one side but it seems like that came after I got the positive ovulation test. They didn't seem to match up. Are those ever wrong?

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amazingmumof6 · 28/04/2013 22:35

no idea about the test kit.

IMO your body knows better, especially the EWCM bit.

probably TMI but I'm so broody, I think I have double the amount as ever before.
as if my body was begging me to get pg. weird

omama · 28/04/2013 22:58

Ds - cycle 3

Currently ttc dc#2 & on cycle 14
Undergoing fertility testing now. If i'd known it'd take so long i'd have started much sooner. Ds is now 2.8.

argyl You usually get a positive opk 12-24 hrs before you actually ovulate, so the ovulation pain should come later.

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argylesocks · 28/04/2013 23:18

omama I know how you feel, I was afraid of ttc too soon because I thought it would happen right away. Now I wish we started earlier!

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Startail · 28/04/2013 23:23

DD1 took 18 months, DD2 took 3

MoreBoober · 28/04/2013 23:30

DS took 8+ months, a lap and dye + the threat of clomid.
Currently ttc no 2, on cycle 4 now and in the 2ww

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argylesocks · 28/04/2013 23:57

What's a lap and dye? Is there any point in going to a dr until its been less than a year?

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omama · 29/04/2013 00:08

How old are you? Nhs guidelines are try for 1 year before visiting gp if you are under 35, 6 months if you are over 35. Assuming no obvious problems that would warrant an appointment sooner.

Fx'd we will get our bfp's soon!

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argylesocks · 29/04/2013 00:30

I'm only 29 so I wouldn't expect any problems yet, hopefully. Thanks for all the help. And yes, fx :)

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Mummytothearkbuilder · 29/04/2013 10:08

We conceived DS on cycle 3 and currently ttc #2 - we have been trying since may 2012 and had a miscarriage in Feb Hmm so back trying again - currently on cycle 2.

I wish we had started trying sooner but I was convinced we would conceive quickly as we did with DS - DS is 4 now and desperate for a sibling.

Good luck everyone xxx

Mutley77 · 29/04/2013 10:38

My DC 1 was conceived without really trying - month 1 both times (although unfortunately the first time ended in a mc :( )

DC 2 took nearly a year - that was really stressful.

DC 3 - a surprise (thought we were taking a risk at the wrong time of the month!)

Therefore I would not ttc if I were you - much as I read up on in and became an expert in all the signs of ovulation etc I have come to the conclusion that we were probably not trying at the right time of the month. I had got to the stage where I didn't want to dtd early in the month for fear of deteriorating sperm quality!!!!

Easy to say but try to relax and ignore ttc if you can.

MolotovCocktail · 29/04/2013 10:49

DD1 - 9 months
DD2 - 2 years, including 6 cycles of Clomid.

3.2yr age gap.

I agree about not 'trying' to conceive. The nearer to a year it took to conceive DD1 was streasful and I feel that TTC DD2 actually made me depressed. Huge strain.

She was worth the wait, though Grin

If we were to have any more children, I wantsurveyor accident next time!

MolotovCocktail · 29/04/2013 10:49

I'm 30 now; was 26 when dd1 was born and 29 with dd2.

MolotovCocktail · 29/04/2013 10:51

'wantsurveyor' wtf?!

'I want a', that should be! Blush

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argylesocks · 29/04/2013 15:23

Argh! I just feel silly for it not occurring to me that it would be difficult, because DS was a surprise. He's turning 2 next month so I know it's not a huge time crunch but it seems like absolutely everyone around me is pregnant or has a newborn!

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chickabilla · 29/04/2013 15:45

DS1 - 6 months
DS2 - about 18months - went to doc after about 10 months, DH had v low SA and thought could be due to varicocele so he had an op and got BFP 3 months later.
DD - first month of trying.

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